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As digital transformation accelerates, companies confront a pressing question: Does the balance we strike between speed and control align with our strategy? CFOs are key stakeholders in that ongoing determination, and more finance leaders are assuming stewardship of these deliberations. This emerging responsibility involves assessing and managing the impacts to internal controls that arise from business…

ISO 27002 contains details of controls required to be certified under the ISO 27001 standard. With the ever changing security threat landscape and the need to protect information assets, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has introduced several changes to the 27002 set of controls. These changes have been published in the latest version of the ISO 27002:2022 standard released in February 2022.…

Frequent headlines of compliance breaches — and the likely morass of costly fines and penalties — are common in Australia’s regulatory environment. Meanwhile, executives are held personally liable, finding themselves on the monetary chopping block and facing potentially career-ending outcomes and/or criminal sanctions. Being on the wrong end of an audit by the Australian Securities & Investment Commission…

In celebrating female leadership, we wanted to take a moment to introduce you to an early-career female leader at Protiviti Australia, Isabelle (Izy) Remedios. Izy started her career with Protiviti in early 2020 as a graduate from the Australian National University with a double bachelor’s degree in international relations and commerce. She began in the Internal Audit & Financial Advisory practice and…

Protiviti Is Bringing Diversity and Gender Equity to the Forefront Many organisations talk about gender equity and the need to promote a more diverse workforce. Protiviti is doing more than just talking about it. Jane Tumurbaatar has been leading the charge when it comes to equality and inclusion at Protiviti in Australia through the organisation’s Initiative for Growth and Retention of Women at Work (…

Businesses globally are on a path of continuous change as the pandemic and other significant occurrences — such as social and political unrest, natural disasters, and catastrophic events — cause extensive disruptions to the way people work and to how enterprises operate. At the same time, the pace of business and digital transformation has increased at record speeds, requiring organisations to adapt rapidly and…

In December 2021, in my role as president of the ISSA Delaware Valley Chapter, I had the honor of hosting a panel with five Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), representing five different industries, each facing unique challenges presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists included: Robert Younce – CISO of Mannington Mills, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fine flooring…

Overview of top risk issues in 2022 While the CFO’s rapidly expanding collection of strategic concerns continues to defy expectations, the Top Risks Survey results for finance leaders reflect a fundamental dynamic of physics. Acceleration is directly proportional to force, according to Newton’s Second Law, which helps explain why the CFO’s role is transforming so swiftly. The past two years have seen…

On the three-dimensional chessboard of business, CFOs are expanding their roles in multiple directions at once. Finance leaders now shape and drive corporate strategy in areas ranging from advanced technology investments to organisational design, and from supply chain resilience to organisational culture. Simply stated, they are positioning themselves as players in the strategic dialogue in the C-suite and boardroom…

The objective of sustainable development is to extend the life expectancy of ecosystems, societies and economies through collaboration with other organisations — for profit and not-for-profit, in the private and public sectors, and across borders on a global scale. This means sustaining natural resources. It means sustaining the cultures and communities that enable commercial activity. And it means sustaining the…